The Blood-Drawing Ghost is a story from Ireland about a boy named John who was dating three girls. He couldn’t decide which one he wanted to marry. So John (the idiot) put his cane on a tomb of a guy who had just died and left it there. Then he told the three girls that whoever went and got it would be the one that he would marry. (Can you believe this guy?) The first two, Mary and Peggy, didn’t, but the third girl Kate went to go and get it if John kept his word. When Kate went to go get the stick, the dead guy started speaking to her. She had to follow his orders, and she took him out of the tomb. Kate took him to three separate houses. The first two had clean and holy water, but the third was the girl's neighbors, and they didn’t have clean or holy water. The dead guy had to eat something mixed with dirty water and blood. The guy cut the three boys with a razor and took their blood, then closed it so it would seem like nothing happened. Kate had to eat too (but she didn’t. Rebellion!), and on the way back, the dead guy told her that the only way to save the boys was to put some of the stuff he had eaten into their mouths. He also told her that under three piles of rocks, there were three pots of gold. Kate made sure that the sun rose before she put the guy back into his tomb. The guy told her that his name was Michael Derrihy, and then she left. Kate fakes being sick when her mom told her that the neighbor’s three sons were dead (Three must be a lucky number in Ireland). After she pretends to get better, she goes next door and says that she knew how to save the neighbor’s sons. The guy said that if she could, he would give her his house and everything inside it. Kate tells him that she will if she can marry his oldest son and the field with the three pots of gold. Her neighbor (Isn’t he a great dad?) agreed, and she went inside. Kate saved her neighbors and went back to the dad to tell him that his sons were alive. Later that day, Kate went to John. She dumped him after telling him to get his own cane and to never speak to her again. Kate and her neighbors eldest son got married and found out that the blood-drawing ghost’s words were true. So Kate and the eldest son lived happily ever after.
Old Rawhead is a story from Southern United States. It’s about a magician who accidentally makes a hog huge, able to talk, and able to walk on two legs. A hunter kills the hog and leaves the bones. The magician walks by the next day and turns the bones alive. The magician calls the bones ‘Rawhead and Bloody Bones’, and the bones start walking around. The boar goes to the hunters house and kills the hunter. Old Rawhead was never found, but people keep hearing strange noises in the middle of the night, so Old Rawhead’s still out there.
The Blood-Drawing Ghost is a story from Ireland about a boy named John who was dating three girls. He couldn’t decide which one he wanted to marry. So John (the idiot) put his cane on a tomb of a guy who had just died and left it there. Then he told the three girls that whoever went and got it would be the one that he would marry. (Can you believe this guy?) The first two, Mary and Peggy, didn’t, but the third girl Kate went to go and get it if John kept his word. When Kate went to go get the stick, the dead guy started speaking to her. She had to follow his orders, and she took him out of the tomb. Kate took him to three separate houses. The first two had clean and holy water, but the third was the girl's neighbors, and they didn’t have clean or holy water. The dead guy had to eat something mixed with dirty water and blood. The guy cut the three boys with a razor and took their blood, then closed it so it would seem like nothing happened. Kate had to eat too (but she didn’t. Rebellion!), and on the way back, the dead guy told her that the only way to save the boys was to put some of the stuff he had eaten into their mouths. He also told her that under three piles of rocks, there were three pots of gold. Kate made sure that the sun rose before she put the guy back into his tomb. The guy told her that his name was Michael Derrihy, and then she left. Kate fakes being sick when her mom told her that the neighbor’s three sons were dead (Three must be a lucky number in Ireland). After she pretends to get better, she goes next door and says that she knew how to save the neighbor’s sons. The guy said that if she could, he would give her his house and everything inside it. Kate tells him that she will if she can marry his oldest son and the field with the three pots of gold. Her neighbor (Isn’t he a great dad?) agreed, and she went inside. Kate saved her neighbors and went back to the dad to tell him that his sons were alive. Later that day, Kate went to John. She dumped him after telling him to get his own cane and to never speak to her again. Kate and her neighbors eldest son got married and found out that the blood-drawing ghost’s words were true. So Kate and the eldest son lived happily ever after.
Old Rawhead is a story from Southern United States. It’s about a magician who accidentally makes a hog huge, able to talk, and able to walk on two legs. A hunter kills the hog and leaves the bones. The magician walks by the next day and turns the bones alive. The magician calls the bones ‘Rawhead and Bloody Bones’, and the bones start walking around. The boar goes to the hunters house and kills the hunter. Old Rawhead was never found, but people keep hearing strange noises in the middle of the night, so Old Rawhead’s still out there.
Sources: Even More Short and Shivery